Lamb Boulangère

This French dish translates as ‘baker’s wife lamb’. This was no doubt reference to the fact that in the days before people had ovens in their houses, they would take their dish to the bakery. Once the baker had removed the bread from the oven, he would replace it with people’s dishes which they would later come and collect, and presumably paying a small fee for the privilege. The size of the leg of lamb determines exactly how many it will feed.